The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-30
LIQUOR LICENSES
NUMBERING OVER ONE HUNDRED
Granted by Council at It's Session Last
Night-Three Applicants Fail to Get
Thcre-The Annual Appropria.
tlons Again Passed,

ell was held at tho Public Building last
night. Last Tuesday night when Council
adiournld 1t was to meet agaln last night
for the purpose OF granting the annual
liquor licenses, elec!ing weighers ana at.
tending to "other business" Tho liquor
licenses were considered at last nights
session, and the annual appropriation or.
dinance was made good and strong by be-.
Ing again adopted by the Second Branch,
but there was no joint session held
for the purpose Of elccsing weigh.
era because 1t was found that while
the two branches were IN session an at.
tempt would be made to elect a member
Of the Board Of Public Works in place OF
Mr.. Odbert, whose resignation was pre-.
sented and accepted last night. One or
two Schmulbach men were absent and the
others worked itso that the Second Branch
rciuscd to 20 into joint session and ad.
journcd. They were assisted in this by
several who did not care to be in session
again till alter midnight, as would I'M
doubtedly have been the case had an cleo.
ton been gone into.
There was q good attendance oil Conn.
! cilmen, the only absentee from tho First
being MIR. Gavin, whils thoee missing
from the Second were Messrs. Caldwell,
Healy, kittlor and Robertson. The at.
tendance Of applicants for liquor licenses,
and Their bondsmen, was quite small com.
pared with what It used to be- on occa.
sions Of this kind four 81 i've
years ago. This was tho natural
result Of the custom Council ha:
fallen into Of authorizing the Mayor
to take the acknowledgements Of those
not present. This was started once when
some bondsmen were i'll and not able ia
DO present. Now ~saloonists and their
bondsmen, or a large number, find Il
pleasanter to remain at their places oI
business and go before tho Mayor tbs
next day and make tho necessary oath
and acknowledgement, rather than 90 To
the Council chambers and DO jammed
lin the crowd while waiting their
turn. To-day the Mayor will have more
OF that kind Of work to do than ever. In
q number OF cases last night neither the
applicant or either Of his bondEmen were
present, and number Of the bonds were
unapproved by the Solicitor, Colonel
Caldwell being absent in Charleston. In
ouch cases license was granted subject to
the approval Of the bonds by the Solicitor,
There were more objections raised to
applicants liant night than anticipated,
but still there was considerable in the
proceedings that was really iarcical in its
nature. The ordinance in relation TO
licenses sets forth that Council ahgll con.
rider before granting license the char
acter OF tho place and OF tho applicant.
This was done in a few CAGES, but in a
number OF others it was not.
The reading OF the minutes in both
Branches WIS dispensed with in order
that no tina might be lost in disposing OF
the applications, which numbered owe,
one hundred.
In tho Second Branch tho first kick was
made on the application OF Cell e. Mar.
lana, pTopris!ors Of the 'Italic' saloon, on
Market street near the Opera House. MIR.
Jaeger objected and license was refused
by g vote Of 10 to 10. Those voting for
the license We're Auber, Butts, Davis,
Cruise, Gundling. Hartong, Prayer, stegger,
| Warner and Whyte. By mistake the mp.
plication went over 10 the First Branch,
where it was rejected by a vote Of 9 to 4;
thoae voting ior the place were Farrell,
Handlan, Happy and Kenney.
The next kick YES made by Mr.. ALI
son OF the application OF William Foster
to keep at No. 1901 Chapline asreet--the
arlington" better known az Handlan's
plaza. Mr.. Allison made some rather
pointed remarks about the place, and
licenre was refused bya vote OF Is to s;
those voting for the plsce were Auber,
Bremen, Davis, Cruise, Prayer, stevssr
and Warner. Shortly afterwards Conn-
man will Handlan made sppli.
cation to open the place in his
own name. Mr.. Allison again object
ed, but the members had been interview.
ed about the matter and license was
granted by q vote Of Is to 0; those who
voted mo" this time we're Allison, Jaeger.
Garvin, Gundling, Kettlsr, Marsh, Max.
well, Miller and Gilleland.
On Tom Howiey's application The ayes
and noes were demanded; but four
Allison, Marsh, Maxwell and Mitchell
voted against him.
Muldoon withdrew his application to
continue his place corner Main and TWEEN
.ytieth streets. In tho First Branch the
first objection YVES raised. by Mr.. Faris
when Captain Booths application was
presented. Mr.. Faris and Mr.. McGreaor
were the only ones who voted a~gaiustit,
When the application Of T. F. Porter,
to keep at No. 2l35 Main street, wa read.
Mr.. Tracy objected and presented two ad.
vertising cards circulated by the applicant,
on the backs OF which was some very OBJ.
acene matter. MI. Tracy claimed that a
man who would put such stuff in %circula-
ton Was unfit for any consideration, and
a number oil. members expressed them
selves in like manner Nj. Myles spoks
severely about bu~rleequing the sacred
work OF God, as this applicant had done.
Terrell, Happy and Kenney were the
only ones that voted Tor him, and no was
tabled.
Objection was raised to Louis schwalb's
place by Mr.. McGregor and be and Meesrs.
Dobbins and Faris voted against. He
also objected to Tom Howley's applica.
ton and the same three and Mr.. Halter
voted against.
MIR. McGregor also objected when
Councilman Handlan's application came
up. This application wa something OF a
surprise to the members, as they under.
stood that the Second had refused it.
Messrs. Dobbins, Faris, Halter, McGregor
and schrebe voted mo-; thcre we're six
votes for.
This Branch granted license to
John pardi, IN Italian, to keep a place on
North Market street, then reconsidered
that action and refused to concur with
the Second by a vote Of Z to 7. This was
done on motion Of Mr.. Tracy.
AS soon as tho applications were disposed
OF in the Second Branch Mr.. Cruise moved
to dispense with tho order of bust.
sincas and take up the annual appropris-
ton ordinance in order to pass it a second
time by Ia majority vote, 80 that there
would be no question as 10 its validity, as
there was after tho racket over it last
Tuesday night.
The resignation OF Mr.. Odbsrt, as a
member Of the Board Of Public Works,